Axe

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Culture/People: Yagua (Yahua)
Collector: Nicole H. Maxwell, Non-Indian, 1905-1998
Previous owner: Nicole H. Maxwell, Non-Indian, 1905-1998
Seller: Nicole H. Maxwell, Non-Indian, 1905-1998

Collection History: Collected between 1965 and 1966 by Nicole H. Maxwell (1905-1998, a pioneering researcher of traditional South American Native medicine and ethnobotany from the 1940s through the 1980s); purchased by MAI from Nicole H. Maxwell in 1967.
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Place: Río Manití (Manatí); Maynas Province; Loreto Region; Peru

See related items: Yagua (Yahua); Tools and Equipment (General)

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 23/9682
Barcode: 239682.000

Object Type: Tools and Equipment (General)

Object Name: Axe
Media/Materials: Palm wood (Chonta palm), vegetal fiber
Techniques: Carved

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6f47acc99-137e-4325-9bf7-a0f0222020da

Record ID: NMAI_255403